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[Reagan] A Democrat has already said that. [Cheering] I could call his economic program a collection of old and tired ideas held together by paralyzing commitments to special interest groups, but I won't say that because Senator Gary Hart, a Democrat, has already said that. [Cheering] [Clapping] I could predict that he will create deficits more than twice what they are now. But I won't- I won't say that because Fritz Hollings, a Democrat, has already said that. [Cheering] Now, if on political issues, my opponent dares to be wrong, on domestic policy issues he has the courage to be cautious. A line item veto would help control wild government spending and

end some of the pork barreling that goes on. [Cheering and clapping] I, I had a line item veto as governor of California. Your governor has a line item veto. 42 other governors in this country have line item vetoes. But, my opponent says that's not part of the liberal agenda. So, a line item veto will not be used to help that wild spending. He has long opposed enterprise zones. This was a program we introduced to help the most economically troubled neighborhoods, like some in our great inner cities. It was to use tax incentives and to stimulate the economy in those areas. And uh, he's opposed that, but then a few weeks ago he said that now he's for them. Well if he's for them, why doesn't he ask Tip O'Neill to get out of the way and loose the program that's been buried in the committee in the House for over a year? [Cheering and clapping]

Change signals a little bit. This month an American woman walked in space. Catherine Sullivan made history. [Cheering and clapping] And then she returned to a space shuttle in which some of the great scientific and medical advances of the future will be made. Already we're learning that it's possible, or it looks possible, that we're going to have cures for diabetes and heart disease that are be able to develop them up there in the shuttle. Advances in technology and communication. That's why I support the space shuttle. But my opponent personally led the fight in the Senate against having the shuttle program at all. And he called it a horrible waste. The truth is, my opponent's campaign, were it a television show, would be

called Let's Make a Deal. [Laugher] You get to- You get to trade your prosperity for the surprise behind the curtain. [Laughter] Now if his campaign were a Broadway show it would be called Promises, Promises. [Cheering] [Cheering and clapping] And if the administration of which he has been a part were a novel you'd have to read it from back to front to get a happy ending. [Cheering and clapping] I'll say something that a few here at least will agree with, I've probably been going on too long. [Boos] But the point is- the point is, we were right when we made our great turn in 1980. [Cheering and clapping] We were

right to take command of the ship, to stop its aimless drift, and get moving again. And we were right when we stopped sending out SOS and started saying USA. [Cheering and clapping] [Chants of "USA"] Alright. Now, let me say here that the 1984 election isn't just a partisan contest. I was a Democrat once, for the better part of my life. For a long time, and I also respected that party. But in those days its leaders weren't the "blame America first" crowd. Its leaders were men like Harry Truman. Men who understood the challenges of our times. They didn't reserve all their indignation for America.

They knew the difference between freedom and tyranny and they stood up for the one and dammed the other. To all the good Democrats, and I know and I'm- well I hope certainly, and I'm sure I know there are many among you, you are not alone and not without a hope. We're- we're putting out our hands and we're asking you to come walk with us down the new path of hope and opportunity. [Cheering and clapping] We, together, in a bipartisan move, can go forward with what has been started in this country. And, to all of you young people, you young people, I want to tell you that all across this country nothing has touched me more than your support, your enthusiasm, your patriotism.

You- [Cheering and clapping] You are what this election is all about and it's your future that we care so much about. And I've seen enough to know that your generation is really something special. [Cheering and clapping] You're- you're something pretty new on the scene. Your idealism and your love of country are unsurpassed.

And I consider it- [Shouts] You know, I got interrupted on the debate when I was trying to talk about this same subject. I'm going to finish it this time. [Cheering and clapping] [Cheering and clapping] I consider it our highest duty, and when I say that I'm talking about my generation- My generation and a few generations in between mine and yours. It is our duty to make certain that you have an America that is every bit as full of opportunity, hope, and confidence, and dreams as we had when we were born into this America and when we grew up taking for granted that this country was a place of hope and opportunity, a place where you could dream and then make your dreams come true. And we must see, all of us together, that that is what America is going to be, continue to be, and that's the America

we will turn over to you when it is your turn. [Cheering and clapping] [Cheering and clapping] [Chants of "Four more years"] [Chants of "Four more years"] Thank you very much. Thank you. [Cheering and clapping] I'll tell you a secret. If the Capitol was on the west coast I'd go for 40. [Cheering and clapping] America will never stop, it will never give up its mission, its special mission. Never.

There are new worlds on the horizon and we're not going to stop and we-, until we get them all together. And America's best days are yet to come. [Cheering and clapping] [Cheering and clapping] And I know- I know it galls my opponents, but you ain't seen nothing yet. [Cheering and clapping] [Cheering and clapping] Thank you very much for your support. Thank you all and God bless all of you. [Cheering and clapping] [Cheering and clapping] [Unknown speaker] I really don't know how they expect me to follow an act

like that. It's tough. But on behalf of the students here at the University of Portland, Wally Pilot, our official mascot, and I as your official spokesman, would like to present President Reagan with an official University of Portland jacket. Let's hear it for Ronald Reagan, our President! [Cheering and clapping] [Cheering and clapping] You've really touched a nerve. My high school colors were purple

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